Optical control of photon tunneling through an array of nanometer-scale cylindrical channels
- 27 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 66 (20) , 205414
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.66.205414
Abstract
We report observation of photon tunneling gated by light at a different wavelength in an artificially created array of nanometer-scale cylindrical channels in a thick gold film. Polarization properties of gated light provide strong proof of the enhanced nonlinear optical mixing in nanometric channels involved in the process. This suggests the possibility of building a class of “gated” photon tunneling devices for massive parallel all-optical signal and image processing.All Related Versions
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